Brenda Walsh (sprinter)
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1952 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m | ||||||||||||||
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Brenda Walsh (born 31 December 1952) is a Canadian former sprinter and middle-distance runner.
Biography
[edit]Walsh finished second behind Jannette Roscoe in the 400 metres event at the British 1971 WAAA Championships.[1][2][3] At the 1971 Pan American Games she placed fifth in the 400 metres.
Walsh was the 1973 US indoor champion in the 440 yards.[4]
At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games she won bronze in the 4 × 400 m relay. In the 400 metres she was eliminated in the heat, and in the 800 metres she was a semi-finalist.
References
[edit]- ^ "Women's AAA Results". Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 18 July 1971. Retrieved 6 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ gbrathletics: United States Indoor Championships (Women)
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